sliocht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish slicht (“mark, trace, trail, section, offspring”).

Noun

sliocht m (genitive singular sleachta, nominative plural sleachta)

1. offspring, progeny
2. passage, tract, extract, reading, excerpt (of text, piece of music, etc.)
3. composition, piece (literary, musical)

Declension

Declension of sliocht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sliocht sleachta vocative a shliocht a shleachta genitive sleachta sliocht dative sliocht sleachta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sliocht na sleachta genitive an tsleachta na sliocht dative leis an sliocht don sliocht leis na sleachta

Derived terms

• ríshliocht (“dynasty”)
• sliochtmhar (“prolific; reproductive”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sliocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sliocht	shliocht after an, tsliocht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.